COLD WALL - HOT WALL THERMAL DIFFUSION-TYPE SEPARATOR:
(under the class definition) Apparatus having surfaces of different temperatures between which a gaseous fluid mixture passes, with the different temperatures of the surfaces causing separation of constituents of the gaseous fluid mixture by migration of the constituents to one surface or another.
(1) Note. This subclass takes this special type of gas separating apparatus, regardless of any claimed refrigeration apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
95, Gas Separation: Processes,
289, for corresponding processes. Patents are not cross-referenced from Class 95, subclass 289 to this subclass based only on disclosure. Therefore, relevant disclosures for gas separation apparatus may be found in the process area.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation,
176, and 775 for similar apparatus and methods to separate components of a liquid mixture.
